Codestral-22B vs Qwen2 72B Instruct
Codestral-22B and Qwen2 72B Instruct are closely matched at 0.1 and 6.0 on the LLM Stats Score.
Mistral AI · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Codestral-22B and Qwen2 72B Instruct are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 0.1 and 6.0.
In the 2 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Qwen2 72B Instruct wins 2; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.
Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose Codestral-22B
- you are already invested in the Mistral AI ecosystem
Choose Qwen2 72B Instruct
- you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 2 of 2 exact shared results
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Jul 2024
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Individual benchmarks
7 reported for Codestral-22B · 17 for Qwen2 72B Instruct
Codestral-22B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen2 72B Instruct is better at 2 benchmarks (HumanEval, MBPP).
Qwen2 72B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Human preference
Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Qwen2 72B Instruct has 49.8B more parameters than Codestral-22B, making it 224.3% larger.
License
Usage and distribution terms
Codestral-22B is licensed under MNPL-0.1, while Qwen2 72B Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
MNPL-0.1
Open weights
tongyi-qianwen
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Codestral-22B was released on 2024-05-29, while Qwen2 72B Instruct was released on 2024-07-23.
Qwen2 72B Instruct is 2 months newer than Codestral-22B.
May 29, 2024
2.3 years ago
Jul 23, 2024
2.1 years ago
1mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.
Unable to compare the recency of their training data.
Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Codestral-22B and Qwen2 72B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Codestral-22B vs Qwen2 72B Instruct.